while im here: does anybody actually know why lemmy.world grew the fastest out of all of the instances? its not the “main” instance like .ml, not a safe space like beehaw, and a normal general instance like itjust.works. im curious why out of all places, .world got the main influx
Because on the main Lenny website world shows up as recommended. The other recommended sites want users to put an email in addition to a write up on what they can offer. Which totally kills interest for any new people.
I think the main Lenny website is to blame here tbh. It pushing users towards a few preset instances that are not really new user friendly.
For me it was the default option when I was trying to figure out how to create a login. When I googled “how to sign up for Lemmy” world was the top search result. Before signing up, I had a basic understanding of how this this worked from when I tried out Mastadon. I had read that it mattered way less which instance you chose because most of them spoke to each other unlike Mastadon, which was a big reason Mastadon failed to hold my interest. Since the instance doesn’t really matter, world was simply the easiest choice. I signed up, and downloaded the Connect app since it looks the most like Bacon Reader. So far everything works, makes sense, and I’m really enjoying everything!!
Oooh I have been waiting to see someone mention a BaconReader clone. I’m running Liftoff and it is perfectly serviceable and I appreciate the work the dev did to rejuvenate it from it’s defunct state, but I miss BaconReader. Is it easy to download and install?
.world sounded like it was the most “official” on a way? Maybe just bias but sometimes the shorthanded/links make web links sound less credible or not as major of a spot. Kbin.social kinda has that working for it too, .social and .world sounded like official gathering grounds by their naming.
For what it’s worth what sold me on .world is the slogan, front-page of the internet. It may or may not be misleading but I’m after a Reddit replacement with a mix of all communities.
As I explore more I may go elsewhere but so far it has the Reddit feel.
For someone who just wanted to be able to interact and hadn’t a clue what anything was I figured world was the biggest. I think I kind of underatand how this works now? Though making a log in was much less intuitive and simple than anything else I feel I’ve ever come across.
Basically thought process was the word “world” encompasses a lot of places. It’s probably big and I’m tired of scrolling through stuff so I’ll use that.
Edit so if I make a new account or transfer this one or something to whatever the main one is will stuff load faster?
Going to a smaller instance might make things load faster because the smaller servers are under less strain. Tho some of the bigger servers are handling the influx of new users really well.
It also depends on what app youre using. I found jebora to be very slow/buggy. Connect for lemmy has wirked alot better for me.
Also a heads up: i think tools for transfering accounts to another server are still in development. So for the times being going to a different server means making a new account.
Gotcha. Yeah jebora is what I am currently using and did sort of suspect some issues are from it. Still getting used to it all so testing waters as I find them.
Personally speaking, at the time I made this account it seemed one of the better open, general instances with a home domain that wouldn’t be kinda clunky to tell others about. Folks I’d suggest this to wouldn’t care about the shit just works jokey name, but they’d probably be a little annoyed at the whole sh dot itjust dot works formatting…Which even just saying that aloud kinda sucks.
If it were shit.just.works no big deal, but it’s not, so lemmy.world is easier to write & say by comparison. That all said, even more important to me than the name was whether the admin had any experience running a federated server before for awhile, which lemmy.world’s had via their hosting of mastodon.world, so I opted for this instance. There may have been other general instances at the time with similar experience that I overlooked tbh*, and I may still hop over to another at some point, but so far this one works decently enough to me.
*-I know of some “legacy” lemmy instances that kinda fit this description, like .ca or midwest.social, but I regarded those as more for folks from those areas, and Beehaw is a little too positivity focused for my tastes (I also don’t know that I’m “nice” enough to get along well there).
sh.itjust.works is an unbearable name to read. i read dots in a website link like the end of a sentence (ex lemmy.world would be lemmy {break} dot {break} world.) good instance, despise the name
congrats from .ca!
while im here: does anybody actually know why lemmy.world grew the fastest out of all of the instances? its not the “main” instance like .ml, not a safe space like beehaw, and a normal general instance like itjust.works. im curious why out of all places, .world got the main influx
I think it was the instance referenced in the RIF goodbye message. That’s what got me here, anyway.
Same here. Still haven’t figured Lemmy out, though. I figure it’s going to take a good while
Same with Sync, as well
Yep, same here.
.world is biggest because it’s the biggest. Also RIF.
Sync set up its community on .world, too. It’s essentially the go-to fleddit community.
oh damn a rif redirect happened?
Because on the main Lenny website world shows up as recommended. The other recommended sites want users to put an email in addition to a write up on what they can offer. Which totally kills interest for any new people.
I think the main Lenny website is to blame here tbh. It pushing users towards a few preset instances that are not really new user friendly.
Some are not accepting sign ups at all.
join-lemmy.org shows a few instances at the top of its join page:
i dont see .world until a further scroll down from those. did they change it?
For me it was the default option when I was trying to figure out how to create a login. When I googled “how to sign up for Lemmy” world was the top search result. Before signing up, I had a basic understanding of how this this worked from when I tried out Mastadon. I had read that it mattered way less which instance you chose because most of them spoke to each other unlike Mastadon, which was a big reason Mastadon failed to hold my interest. Since the instance doesn’t really matter, world was simply the easiest choice. I signed up, and downloaded the Connect app since it looks the most like Bacon Reader. So far everything works, makes sense, and I’m really enjoying everything!!
Oooh I have been waiting to see someone mention a BaconReader clone. I’m running Liftoff and it is perfectly serviceable and I appreciate the work the dev did to rejuvenate it from it’s defunct state, but I miss BaconReader. Is it easy to download and install?
Yup, Connect is pretty to install and use. Be warned that like all fediverse stuff, it has some rough edges and bugs!
.world sounded like it was the most “official” on a way? Maybe just bias but sometimes the shorthanded/links make web links sound less credible or not as major of a spot. Kbin.social kinda has that working for it too, .social and .world sounded like official gathering grounds by their naming.
For what it’s worth what sold me on .world is the slogan, front-page of the internet. It may or may not be misleading but I’m after a Reddit replacement with a mix of all communities.
As I explore more I may go elsewhere but so far it has the Reddit feel.
isnt that reddits slogan? no kidding, buddy. no kidding. (i mean this in a positive way)
For someone who just wanted to be able to interact and hadn’t a clue what anything was I figured world was the biggest. I think I kind of underatand how this works now? Though making a log in was much less intuitive and simple than anything else I feel I’ve ever come across.
Basically thought process was the word “world” encompasses a lot of places. It’s probably big and I’m tired of scrolling through stuff so I’ll use that.
Edit so if I make a new account or transfer this one or something to whatever the main one is will stuff load faster?
Going to a smaller instance might make things load faster because the smaller servers are under less strain. Tho some of the bigger servers are handling the influx of new users really well.
It also depends on what app youre using. I found jebora to be very slow/buggy. Connect for lemmy has wirked alot better for me.
Also a heads up: i think tools for transfering accounts to another server are still in development. So for the times being going to a different server means making a new account.
Gotcha. Yeah jebora is what I am currently using and did sort of suspect some issues are from it. Still getting used to it all so testing waters as I find them.
Makes sense, its a process figuring out which app and instance works best for you. Good luck & welcome to the fediverse :)
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Personally speaking, at the time I made this account it seemed one of the better open, general instances with a home domain that wouldn’t be kinda clunky to tell others about. Folks I’d suggest this to wouldn’t care about the shit just works jokey name, but they’d probably be a little annoyed at the whole sh dot itjust dot works formatting…Which even just saying that aloud kinda sucks.
If it were shit.just.works no big deal, but it’s not, so lemmy.world is easier to write & say by comparison. That all said, even more important to me than the name was whether the admin had any experience running a federated server before for awhile, which lemmy.world’s had via their hosting of mastodon.world, so I opted for this instance. There may have been other general instances at the time with similar experience that I overlooked tbh*, and I may still hop over to another at some point, but so far this one works decently enough to me.
*-I know of some “legacy” lemmy instances that kinda fit this description, like .ca or midwest.social, but I regarded those as more for folks from those areas, and Beehaw is a little too positivity focused for my tastes (I also don’t know that I’m “nice” enough to get along well there).
sh.itjust.works is an unbearable name to read. i read dots in a website link like the end of a sentence (ex lemmy.world would be lemmy {break} dot {break} world.) good instance, despise the name
.ml doesn’t have open signups rn iirc and .world was the most popular after that. I think that’s probably got something to do with it.